Victor S. Tkachenko started his work with
Michael Chekhov technique in Moscow in 1985
as the founder and director of Chekhov Studio, a residence
company at AntonChekhov House Museum. In 1987, Chekhov Studio,
under Tkachenko's leadership, was reorganized into the Center of Theatre
Research at the Union of Theatre Workers of the USSR. Victor's research
of the technique were continued at Michael Chekhov workshops and master
clases for professional actors he conducted in Russia, Israel and USA.

In 2004, Mr. Tkachenko gave series of Michael
Chekhov lectures and classes at the Theatre Artists Workshop in
Westport, Connecticut. In 2006, he founded the Michael Chekhov Center in
Ridgefield, a nonprofit association the purpose of which was to advance
Michael Chekhov’s principles of theatre and arts and to keep his
lasting presence in Ridgefield, a town in Connecticut, where the first
Michael Chekhov School
in America operated 1939 - 1943.

In 2009 the Michael Chekhov Center, in
collaboration with the Ridgefield Town Hall and town's cultural
organizations created the first Michael Chekhov International Theatre
Festival, with Mr. Tkachenko as the vice president/ artistic director.
Since 2009 the Michael Chekhov Festival in Ridgefield is an annual
event; in 2016 the town of Ridgefield hosted eighth Michael Chekhov
Festival.

In
2007
at the Michael Chekhov symposium at Sorbonne,
Paris, Victor met the President of the National Michael Chekhov
Association Lisa Dalton. In 2010 they founded Two Chekhovs Production
company. It's productionThe Darling
based on Anton Chekhov's story was a part of the New York International
Fringe Festival.

His
lifetime experience of working with Michael Chekhov technique Mr.
Tkachenko is summarizing in his research How to Master the Michael
Chekhov Аcting Technique (Как овладеть Методом Михаила Чехова)
portions of whichare available on this website.